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Syzygium travancoricum
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Family:
MYRTACEAE
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Citation: Syzygium travancoricum Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1918: 240. 1918 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 480(339). 1919; N.C. Nair & Mohanan, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 2: 234. 1981; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 182. 1984; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 192. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 185. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 125. 1997; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 365. 2000; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 219. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 288. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Poriyal, Vathamkollimaram
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Tamil name(s):
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Description:
Evergreen trees, to 25 m high, bark surface greyish-brown, longitudinally fissured, peeling off in thin irregular flakes, inner bark grey; branchlets tetragonus. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole 10-20 mm long, stout, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 8-16.5 x 5-8.5 cm, ovate or ovate-oblong, base narrowed and decurrent on petiole, apex acuminate, acumen folded, obtuse, margin entire, chartaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 10-15 pairs, parallel but very irregular, distant, prominent, looped near the margin forming indistinct intramarginal nerve, intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers bisexual, white, mostly in axillary lax cymose corymbose; peduncle 4.5-5 (8) cm long, their branches also long, ascending; calyx tube short, 1 mm across, lobes 4, very short; no thickened staminal disc; petals white, calyptrate; stamens numerous, free, bent inwards at middle when in bud; ovary inferior, 2-celled, ovules many; style 1; stigma simple. Fruit a berry, oblong-obtuse on both sides, 1 x 0.5 cm, deep violet, pericarp juicy; seed one.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-June
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Ernakulam
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Critically Endangered (CR)
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Altitude:
75-1500
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Localities:
Vazhachal, Kattalappara, Mananthavady, Ontangadi, Kulathupuzha, Aikdau, Merchiston, Chavara, Thamarakulam
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